Weather-strip.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906. G. W. WRIGHT.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAYl. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '13, 1906.

Application filed May 1, 1905. Serial No. 258.364.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWeather-Strips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to metallic slides for window sash and frame, and has for its object to provide an eflicient guiding strip or slide between the frame and the sash, which will protect from dust, Wind, and the like, and which will also afford a slide which will prevent the sash from rattling while at the same time allowing the sash to be easily raised and lowered.

My invention also allows of the easy removal of the sash when desired.

My invention consists in the novel construction of the slide whereby contact with the sash is positively secured in such a manner that while it is a firm contact it is nevertheless restricted in its pressure, allowing of the easy raising and lowerin of the sash in the frame, all of which will he hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of my improved invention. Fig. 2 illustrates the sash-groove as faced or lined with metal. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved guiding-strip.

A represents a portion of a frame of a window, preferably that part known as the pulley-strip. This frame-piece is provided with a guiding-strip secured thereto preferably by means of screws which enter holes 1) 1), formed in the guiding-stri This guidingstrip is made or formed by ending the metal upon itself so as to form side flanges B B and a bifurcated rib which stands in a right-angle direction from the flanges B B and is formed by bending the metal upon itself, so as to leave in the central portion a V-shaped groove or space 6 and individual members b 6, projectlng from the flanges B B in oppositelydisposed angular directions, forming a more or less acute angle with their respective flan es. By thus forming the guide-piece it wilfbe seen that strength is attalned by bending the metal upon itself for each member 6 b making them double thickness, and that, furthermore, by dividing or spacing them with a V-shaped groove 12 they will spring toward each other under slight ressure, and hence have a resiliency which a ows them or causes them to engage at their upper ends or outer ends with the walls of a groove C in the stile of the sash C. This groove C may be formed as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 or,

when found necessary or desirable, may be faced and lined with metal C as illustrated in Fig. 3. The depth of the groove 6 is material only to the extent as to afford resiliency, so that the members 6 b are compressible toward each other. The resiliency required is slight, but must be firm, and hence I have found that by forming the guiding-strip in the manner above set forth these results are attained and that a strip formed accord-- the members 12 b of the ribs may be separated by force, thus spreading them outward.

What I claim is A metallic guide-strip formedof a single piece of metal bent to form at its central ortion a V-shaped space, the metal being t en bent over to form side parts which engage the side portions of the metal forming said space to extend beyond the inner termination t ereof, said side parts extending to be disposed opposite to one another and to be separated by a slight space, the end portions of said side parts extending outwardly at a straight angle to one another.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, this 27th day of April, 1905.

CHARLES w. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

E. B. DoNNELLY, L. O. MARBAon. 

